I am Miss Nichols, a 6th grade middle school teacher in Lawndale, CA. This is my first year really delving into technology in the classroom, and I've been running into some problems.
My students and I see all kinds of fun and interesting technology by interacting with our Student Blogging Challenge partners, yet many of the services we see have age restrictions in their Terms of Service.
It's hard trying to keep this all straight, so I am starting this wiki to attempt to clarify which kind of technology is good for which purposes, and what the age requirements are on all of them! This is a total mess right now; I am working on cleaning it up whenever I get a spare moment.
Welcome to Age Appropriate Education Technology!
I am Miss Nichols, a 6th grade middle school teacher in Lawndale, CA. This is my first year really delving into technology in the classroom, and I've been running into some problems.
My students and I see all kinds of fun and interesting technology by interacting with our Student Blogging Challenge partners, yet many of the services we see have age restrictions in their Terms of Service.
It's hard trying to keep this all straight, so I am starting this wiki to attempt to clarify which kind of technology is good for which purposes, and what the age requirements are on all of them! This is a total mess right now; I am working on cleaning it up whenever I get a spare moment.
Here is a slideshow from Jane Hart via Learning Tools Zone that might help me/us get started:
Please add anything you know to the mix.
Thanks!